Does UN Peacekeeping Work? A New Perspective
Guest post by William G. Nomikos In a recent New York Times op-ed entitled “I Love the U.N.,…
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Are UN Peacekeeping Leaders Held to Account?
Guest post by Magnus Lundgren, Kseniya Oksamytna, and Vincenzo Bove When the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission was…
The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
DispatchEveryday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic
By Allard Duursma Imagine this: You are a farmer in northwest Central African Republic. In 2013, several of…
Force vs. Legitimacy: UN Peacekeeping and Protecting Civilian Lives
Guest post by Anup Phayal. In recent years, protection of civilians has become a key mandate for UN…
Rwanda’s Protection Lessons for Peacekeeping
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. The 25th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide this week…
The UN’s Defining Challenge: Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians
Guest post by Hanne Fjelde, Lisa Hultman, & Desirée Nilsson. According to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, protecting…
UN Peacekeeping and the Demand for Sex Trafficking
Guest post by Carla Martinez Machain, Michael Flynn, and Sam R. Bell. United Nations peacekeeping forces have proven to be…
Making Efforts to Improve UN Peacekeeping
Guest post by Chiara Ruffa. UN peacekeeping often works: overwhelming evidence tells us it saves lives, and—usually—keeps peace…
In the UN Security Council, Agreement, Not Discord, is the Norm. But has it Worked for Peacekeeping?
Guest post by Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal The UN Security Council’s five permanent members—the United…